Piano-player.



PATENTED JUNE ll', 1907.

R. MORGAN.

PIANO PLAYER AN.'so.19oe.

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AWO/MIE YS No. 856,794. PATBNTED JUNE 11, 190:1.I

R. MORGAN.

PIANO PLAYER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 30. 1906.

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A TTG/1W E YS No. 856,794.- PTENTED JUNE l? LQGL R. MORGAN.

PIANO LAYER.

APPLIOATIOE FILED JAN. 30, 1966.

4 SHEETS-SHEET /N VEN 70H W/TNESSES: I KJ ROBERT Mmmm I TTOH/VEYSPATENTBD JUNE 1l, 1907. R. MORGAN.

PIANO. PLAYER.

APrLIoATIoH FILED In. ao, 190e.

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W/ T'NESSES I N VE N TOR foBERT M oHG/1N Arron/VHS dotzii 'View of 'theifi-muc adjusi-i RBERT iiiORGAN, OF E L EMLE E.' iii;

.Application filed To (,LZ whom 1115 may @ance Bo it known thm i, RGBERTif citizen of ubc United Sta'acs, and Eliswoz''hLin Le county lliiswoStato of Kosas, .ilove invenod a mici useful improvement in i3" of i':G3i @he io'wing is a spocii y invention is on impiovox'ncn o s andconsists in ccif.

` and combinaions of p25 bod and cimmed. Reciri to @ilo (izmfmg foriic'coi'Fguo 1 is poispco i. piano id'vidcd with my in Fig. 52 is i amilpcgspectvo v3. ing mechanism piopc; Fig. spootvo View oi portion of dicswic axiom; Fig. 41 .is a zms've'so section come; Fig. 5 is aperspective. View c? uw font con ofoiimg mechanism Wi Sh? piace; iig. 6is L detail of the Fig. 7 is; a.y ioi'aii ci die :Mijas foi tho phj/ing;mechanism piopoi;

ism. Q is bop pian View Fig'. 10 a. scoton on the lino 10M-'i S. 11 isscc-tion on the 'F S, and Fig. 12 is c, dem;

K .i 'vicw oi the yoke. Fig. i3 is :L section on tlm? lino 12S-13 ofFig. 4.

in the p'aoticai oppiicaton o" my im tion, pi'o'vicio :L mechanism Aio?? 1 and mechanism B ici' o the striking* mechmiism.

'Tho stiikiiig mechanism is a'ra o. ira-mc comprising v:L misc a turnedomis wl, each of .id omis fdcd with o Vertical slot (L3, 'havin sidethereof mok teeth a4. Tho ouf-vf: of thc ends o2, me provided witgrooves for mooiving ribs am, upon o. brackci. a7, the Sayid bracketDoing sociii'ed m the piano adjacent. o the ends o? tim iw l bomd, bymeans of' the clamps id screws av. The frame is siiaiabie bracket, sindis wrticaiiy mijusicd e spec-t thereto by moons of o. pinion cz, curzdto the @mi of L Shaft am joi'e'ivfi i the bracket :md adapted to cnggsfci tooth mi of the sin@ a3. A bandi@ a mounted upon the shaft cmi-Sii.bracket, and 'is pi'ovidcd viii-h gij. nccted by 'rod al, with a catcho, ooi-fm omini-aimed in contact with a i'cciio',

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means, a battery, and .ineens for connecting the battery with apredeterrninede electroninegnet. comprising a bloeit having; a pluralityof periorations, e plurali@vv of spaced conductinsgl bers on the blockand insulated libere-- from, an electrieal eonner-tion between the endbars al; one end of the bleek, and an eleetrlcei eonneetion between theend bars :it the other end of tbe bloei-rv :1nd including a battery,zrplate supported above the block and provided with spaced pairs olbindingA posts, tbe terminals of each of seid electro-rnagnets being;lconnected with a pair of said binding posts7 switch plates normallyresting upon and connecting the ladjacent eonduetingbars, means on saidplates for completing the cireuit between tlie conducting` bars and theedjzicent pair el' bi riding posts when the switch plate is elevated,and ineens extending into the perforations ot the block and adapted tobe moved by a current of air passingr therethrough for operating tileswitch plates.

3. In a piano player and in combination, e plurality of strikers fordepressing the individual keys, an electro-magnet for operating each ofthe strikers, e battery, means tor connecting the battery with apredetermined electroniagnet, comprising a block bnvint` n pluralit),Yoi transverse perforations, a plumb ity ol spaced conductingv bars onthe bleek und insulated therefrom, an electrical connection between theend bars at one end oll the block, an electrical eonneetion between tbeend bars at the other end of tbe bloek and including a buttery, theterminals of each ol' sind electro-lnagnets being arranged abovendjacent eonducting bars, means 'for eoinpleting` the circuit betweentbe eoinliufting bars and tbe adjacent pair oi terminals on aneleetroinagnet, comprising a switoli plate pivotally mounted on theblock, and ineans engaging the switr-li plate and having a vane withinone ol: the transverse perioretions, said vaney being` adapted to beinoved by a current oi nir passingthrough the perioration.

ROBERT MORGAN. vWitnesses:

(il. (l. Gnisrmno'r, l`. R. Wirsmi.

